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nlNo right whale calves spotted this season a bad sign for endangered specieshttps://www.nlbif.nl/nl/actueel/biodiversiteit-nieuws/no-right-whale-calves-spotted-season-bad-sign-endangered-species
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>There has not been a single North Atlantic right whale calf spotted this year, an unprecedented and alarming sign for this critically endangered species.</p>
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Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:47:24 +0000(NLBIF) bron295011 at https://www.nlbif.nlIn other news: Environmental stories from around the web, March 16, 2018https://www.nlbif.nl/nl/actueel/biodiversiteit-nieuws/other-news-environmental-stories-around-web-march-16-2018
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Tropical forests Cash convinces forest dwellers to cut down fewer trees, a new study in five developing countries finds (University of Colorado at Boulder/EurekAlert). The loss of Central Africa’s elephants could fundamentally alter the makeup of the region’s forests (Duke University/EurekAlert). “Major” biodiversity reports will headline Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services meeting in Colombia beginning March 17 (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)/EurekAlert).</p></div></div></div><div class="form-item form-type-item">
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Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:31:12 +0000(NLBIF) bron295017 at https://www.nlbif.nlBetter agricultural planning could prevent 88% of biodiversity loss, study findshttps://www.nlbif.nl/nl/actueel/biodiversiteit-nieuws/better-agricultural-planning-could-prevent-88-biodiversity-loss-study
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Better planning could save a lot of wildlife, according to results from a study published recently in Global Change Biology. It found that nearly 90 percent of the biodiversity that scientists expect will be lost to future agricultural expansion could be saved if more effective land-use planning directed this expansion to areas with the fewest species.</p></div></div></div><div class="form-item form-type-item">
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Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:12:49 +0000(NLBIF) bron295020 at https://www.nlbif.nlSave the Sumatran rhino ‘because we can’ (commentary)https://www.nlbif.nl/nl/actueel/biodiversiteit-nieuws/save-sumatran-rhino-%E2%80%98because-we-can%E2%80%99-commentary
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Senior correspondent Jeremy Hance argues today in an opinion piece for the Sydney Morning Herald that we should save the Sumatran rhino, the world’s oldest, smallest, and cutest rhino from extinction not only because losing biodiversity is bad for the health of humanity’s environment, but also “because we can.” Mongabay sent Hance to Indonesia in 2017 to visit the remaining Sumatran rhinos (estimates vary from 30 left on the one hand, to maybe 100 on the optimistic side) in the forests and protected sanctuaries where captive breeding is having some limited success.</p></div></div></div><div class="form-item form-type-item">
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Fri, 16 Mar 2018 09:14:18 +0000(NLBIF) bron295023 at https://www.nlbif.nlFive major new biodiversity assessments to be launched as 750 world experts and policymakers meethttps://www.nlbif.nl/nl/actueel/biodiversiteit-nieuws/five-major-new-biodiversity-assessments-be-launched-750-world-experts
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Leading scientists and other experts from around the world will convene for eight days with policymakers from more than 115 countries to finalize landmark reports on biodiversity, nature's contributions to people and issues of land degradation and restoration.The sixth session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (#IPBES6), chaired by Sir Robert Watson, begins Saturday at the Intercontinental Hotel, Medellín, Colombia.</p>
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Thu, 15 Mar 2018 04:00:00 +0000(NLBIF) bron295005 at https://www.nlbif.nlActivists eye bigger roles for local officials, businesses in Indonesia’s orangutan protection planhttps://www.nlbif.nl/nl/actueel/biodiversiteit-nieuws/activists-eye-bigger-roles-local-officials-businesses-indonesia%E2%80%99s
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>JAKARTA — Activists in Indonesia are calling for a set of federal guidelines on orangutan conservation that will compel local authorities and companies to take a more active role in protecting the critically endangered great ape. The call comes in the wake of two violent killings of orangutans in Indonesian Borneo in recent months, and at the end of a 10-year program, launched by the government in 2007, to staunch the decline in the wild orangutan population by protecting their remaining habitats in Sumatra and Borneo.</p></div></div></div><div class="form-item form-type-item">
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Thu, 15 Mar 2018 01:20:56 +0000(NLBIF) bron294993 at https://www.nlbif.nlHow Can Municipalities Protect Biodiversity And Engage In Conservation?https://www.nlbif.nl/nl/actueel/biodiversiteit-nieuws/how-can-municipalities-protect-biodiversity-and-engage-conservation
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Municipalities often find themselves struggling to reconcile numerous conflicting interests when it comes to the balancing conservation and urban growth. As the world's biodiversity increasingly comes under threat, including from urban expansion into natural areas, municipalities are recognizing that they have an important role to play in conserving and preserving threatened species and the habitat in which they exist. Municipal responses can be particularly important when other provincial or federal responses are inadequate.</p>
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Thu, 15 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000(NLBIF) bron294987 at https://www.nlbif.nlMountains become islands: Ecological dangers of increasing land use in East Africahttps://www.nlbif.nl/nl/actueel/biodiversiteit-nieuws/mountains-become-islands-ecological-dangers-increasing-land-use-east
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The mountains of East Africa are a treasure trove of biodiversity. However, their ecosystems may be at a higher risk than previously realized. Scientists have discovered that Mount Kilimanjaro is turning into an "ecological island". Agriculture and housing construction have eliminated the natural vegetation that used to serve as a bridge to the surrounding area, enabling the diversity of species to develop to its current levels. Neighboring mountain regions are presumably also being isolated from their surrounding areas.</p>
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Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:28:07 +0000(NLBIF) bron294981 at https://www.nlbif.nlMysterious new butterfly named after YouTuber Emily Grasliehttps://www.nlbif.nl/nl/actueel/biodiversiteit-nieuws/mysterious-new-butterfly-named-after-youtuber-emily-graslie
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>If you’re curious about the natural world, chances are you’ve seen Emily Graslie’s YouTube channel, The Brain Scoop. From wondering about peregrine falcon promiscuity and how owl vomit helps us understand history, to peering into dried Egyptian mummy brains, Graslie, the writer, producer and host of The Brain Scoop, takes viewers behind the scenes at Chicago’s Field Museum, where she holds the unusual title of chief curiosity correspondent. (Read Mongabay’s interview with Graslie here).</p></div></div></div><div class="form-item form-type-item">
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Wed, 14 Mar 2018 10:57:23 +0000(NLBIF) bron294996 at https://www.nlbif.nlCamera traps nab crop-raiding animals near farms in the Amazonhttps://www.nlbif.nl/nl/actueel/biodiversiteit-nieuws/camera-traps-nab-crop-raiding-animals-near-farms-amazon
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Photographs of crop-raiding animals taken with camera traps and conversations with farmers in the Amazon suggest it’s possible to protect the diversity of life in the world’s largest rainforest while also ensuring that people have enough to eat. “Rural Amazonian communities are some of the world’s poorest, but they live with the world’s highest biodiversity,” Mark Abrahams, an ecologist now at the Bristol Zoological Society in the U.K. and the lead author of the paper, said in a statement.</p></div></div></div><div class="form-item form-type-item">
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Wed, 14 Mar 2018 10:29:17 +0000(NLBIF) bron294999 at https://www.nlbif.nl